جنوبی

See also: جنوبي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوبِيّ (janūbiyy). By surface analysis, جنوب (cenûb, “south”) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

Adjective

جنوبی • (cenûbî)

1. southern

   Coordinate terms: شرقی (şarkî), شمالی (şimâlî), غربی (garbî)

Persian

Etymology

جنوب (jonub, “south”) +‎ ـی (i)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.nuː.ˈβiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nuː.bíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nuː.bíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nuː.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nu.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒo.nuː.bíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.nu.bí]

Readings
Classical reading?	janūḇī
Dari reading?	janūbī
Iranian reading?	jonubi
Tajik reading?	janubī

Adjective

Dari	جنوبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷанубӣ

جنوبی • (jonubi)

1. southern

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَنُوبِيّ (janūbiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊ.nuː.biː/, /d͡ʒə.nuː.biː/

Adjective

جُنُوبی or جَنُوبی • (junūbī or janūbī) (Hindi spelling जुनूबी or जनूबी)

1. southern

Derived terms

• جنوبی ایشیا (jnobī eśyā)

Further reading

• “جنوبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.